Yarn-holder



M. LEVY.

YARN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED. MAR. 4.1920- Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

,4 TTOR/VEY UNITED STATES MAX LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

YARN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed. March 4, 1920. Serial No. 363,262.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX LEVY, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Yarn-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a thread or yarn holder for knitting andcrocheting.

In knitting or crocheting the operator usually winds a part of the yarnover one finger, partly for the purpose of keeping the yarn undersuitable tension and partly to facilitate its feed to the work. As theyarn is wound about and pulled over the finger it produces considerablefriction, not infrequently causing discomfort and at times injury to theoperator.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a yarn holder orguide by means of which the yarn may be kept out of contact with thefinger and still held under suitable tension to facilitate the knittingor crocheting operation. i

I have illustrated the preferred form of my invention in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a humanhand with the device applied to the small finger thereof, and Fig. 2 isan elevational View of the yarn holder removed from the finger.

The yarn holder 10 is of spiral or helical form so as to readilyencircle a finger, and is preferably made of spring metal to allow ofadjustment for fingers of Various sizes. The helix is formed of what maybe termed open tubing, being of a form to inclose the yarn 11 but slitat 12 either at intervals or throughout its length. The purpose of theon any finger to which the operator desires t o apply it. Owing to thespringy or resihent character of the device it may be placed on fingersvarying considerably in thickness, and for the same reason the de-'vice, when once applied, may be more or less tightly pressed about thefinger.

I claim 1. A yarn holder, comprising a helix of open tubing, each coilof the helix being adapted to yieldingly directly engage a human fingerwhereby said yarn holder is capable of being held without locking meanson fingers differing in thickness.

2. A yarn holder, comprising a spring metal helix slitted lengthwise andhaving walls adjacent the slitted portion capable of adjustment inrelation to the yarn in the holder, each coil of the helix being adaptedto yieldingly directly engage a human finger whereby said yarn holder iscapable of be ing held without locking means on fingers differing inthickness.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MAX LEVY.

